Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
Credit Connect’s hosted it’s first-ever Online Collections Technology Think Tank last week which saw collections strategies and the impact of the pandemic discussed by eleven collections professionals from a variety of industry sectors. The themes of business transformation, customer engagement, vulnerable customers, affordability, and open banking collections were discussed by panelists and Chair Vanessa Northam…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed measures to ensure that firms provide tailored support for users of certain consumer credit and overdraft products who continue to face payment difficulties due to coronavirus (Covid-19). The guidance will cover users of credit cards and other revolving credit (store card and catalogue credit), personal loans, motor finance,…
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The Credit & Collections Technology Awards, which recognises technological innovation in the credit and collections industry for companies and individuals who have done the most outstanding work in the past year is set to announce the winners via an online webinar ceremony on Thursday 19th November. This year’s online Awards ceremony will replace the face-to-face…
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The Public Sector is failing debtors, especially the most vulnerable, and needs to urgently learn the lessons from the private sector according to the Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM). The concept of ‘vulnerability’ is also too vague, and as such many of those most in need of help are falling between the cracks. The…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published its final report of its market study into the pricing of home and motor insurance. The FCA says that anyone renewing their home or motor insurance should pay no more than they would as a new customer, under a proposed shake-up of the sector. The FCA is…
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TotallyMoney has warned that consumers could be unwittingly losing hundreds of pounds by using certain financial products against their advantage. The company’s research has revealed that the majority of consumers (53%) have an outstanding debt on a credit card but no 0% promotional offer, meaning they could be paying an average interest rate of 20.77%…
Read moreNinety-three percent of consumers are struggling to afford essentials after Government collection measures according to research by debt charity StepChange. The report has found that fundamental and specific improvements are needed for ‘deeply flawed’ government debt collection practices,. The deadline for responses to the Cabinet Office on Government debt collection practices sees StepChange Debt Charity…
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Research from Indesser, a joint debt management venture between the Cabinet Office and TDX Group, shows 39% of people’s finances have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with Generation Zers feeling the sharpest impact (44%). The survey reveals the toll of the pandemic on people’s sense of financial stability, with 43% admitting they worry…
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Credit management services company, Lowell has announced two changes to its UK leadership team. Kathryn Morgan joins Lowell as UK Customer Operations Director and Nick Ollard becomes UK Client Director, both join the UK Exco and report to UK Managing Director, John Pears. Morgan has a long and broad career in senior positions within the…
Read moreNew data released by UK Finance has revealed that credit and debit card activity in the UK fell slightly in June, despite non-essential shops across the UK re-opening in response to the lifting of restrictions. 933 million transactions were made across the month, a 2.7 per cent decline compared to May, and 43.1 per cent…
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The Online Collections Technology Think Tank has confirmed its agenda and speaker line-up ahead of the launch event next Thursday. The Think Tank has been created as an online event platform so that collections professionals can specifically discuss the role of the technology as we move into the ‘new normal’ way of working as consumers…
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Unemployment rose sharply even before the start of the winding down of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (JRS) from August, with young people at the centre of Britain’s mounting jobs crisis, the Resolution Foundation said in response to the latest ONS data. The headline unemployment picked up in the three months to July – from…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced proposals to ensure that firms provide tailored support for users of consumer credit and overdraft products who continue to face payment difficulties due to coronavirus (Covid-19). The proposals will cover users of credit cards and other revolving credit (store card and catalogue credit), personal loans, overdrafts, motor finance,…
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